Chorus Music Update

So far, the following pieces are in:

- Carmen, Habanera
- Carmen, Toreador (men)
- Il Trovatore, Anvil Chorus
- La Traviata, Libiamo
- Prince Igor, Polovetsian Dances
- Die Fledermaus, "Champagne Finale" (distributed 2/17/09)
- Carmina Burana

Additional copies of our first four photocopied pieces are in, but one piece has to be re-copied as it came back mis-copied. These should be back in soon.

We are still waiting for Nessun Dorma from Turandot, and more will come on that.

Spring 2009 Resources

Below are a few online resources to help you hear our spring repertoire:

Orff, Carmina Burana

· Cyberbass.com: midi files of the entire work, with different voice parts highlighted for each section.

· Emusic.com: download mp3 files of the sections (paid membership required)

Opera Choruses

· Classicsonline.com: site that explains opera and has mp3’s that you can download for a fee per track of the selections we are performing:

o Carmen: Habanera & Toreador

o La Traviata: Libiamo ne’ lieti calici

o Il Trovatore: Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie, "Anvil Chorus" (Gypsies)

o Prince Igor: Polovetzian Dances

o Turandot: Nessun Dorma

o Die Fledermaus: “Champagne” Finale, Act II

ne” Finale, Act II